Monday, August 9, 2010 - 2:22am
Dozens of iPhone apps have proven that the era of augmented reality is upon us, but only Brother's new AiRScouter headset truly takes the new medium into easy-to-use, mainstream territory.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 8:17am
At first glance these cookies aren't anything special, but wait until you hold them up to a webcam. Boom! There's a six-sided thingamajig growing out of the top of each one. Who says augmented reality is only good for advertising?...
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 3:25am
Form-changing floors? Why, that'd do quite nicely on a holodeck, we imagine. A team at Canada's McGill University in Montreal has developed a flooring system that can look, feel and sound like surfaces such as sand, snow, grass or even...
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 1:52am
Researchers at South Korea's Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology have come up with the next iteration of pop-up books. Using software developed over the course of three years, the group has created a book format that displays 3D characters...
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 2:30am
The U.K. isn't always at the front of the pack when it comes to developing new technologies, but when it comes to deploying cutting-edge tools, they've mastered the art of innovative mashups. For its most recent show, British fashion house...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 6:44am
Last time we checked in with Parrot's AR.Drone quadricopter, we were told that game developers would be putting together some games to play with the drone. Parrot recently showed off what those games look like. You've got three major flavors...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 12:38am
The area of augmented reality is still in its infancy in terms of development, but one Buenos Aires-based software producer has pushed the format's boundaries to a new level. The company, called ThinkAnApp, recently unveiled an augmented reality tattoo. When...
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 10:08am
Now I'm no expert in the ways of makeup, but I can see how it could be an expensive and frustrating exercise to try something new only to discover it looks terrible once you've gotten home. If only there was...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 1:37am
While we're all salivating over what may be the next phase of computer interfaces in the form of the Apple tablet, we might as well look to the future of interface dynamics likely to follow: augmented reality. Keiichi Matsuda, a...
Friday, November 20, 2009 - 10:44am
Now that the super-animated almost-real movie Avatar is about to roll out (in theaters 12/18/09), here come the advertisers with spectacular new types of techno-toys to accompany the flick. For instance, if you hold a tricky Coke Zero can up...
